Container.



T. R &J. M. HALLEY.

CONTAINER APPUCATIDN HLED FEB. I \91].

Patented Mar.5,1918.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

B. HALLEY AND JAMES M. HALLEY, F EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER.

1,258,113. specification or Patent Patented Mar. 5, 1918. Applicationfiled February 7, 1917. Serial No. 147,04.

To all whom it may concern: a screw threaded neck 7 surmounted by the Beit known that we, THOMAS R. IIALLEY flaring top or rim 8. I and JAMES M.HALLEY, citizens of the 9 indicates the container cap or cover hav-United States, and residents, respectively, of ing the usual projectingflange 10 around its I5 Edwardsville, Illinois, have invented certopedge, and a screw threaded portion 11 tain new and useful Improvementsin Conadapted to be screwed into the screw threadtainers, of which thefollowing is a specified neck 7. cation containing a full, clear, andexact de- 12 indicates a, split ring, which is applied scription,references bein i had to the actothe container either when the containeri0 companymg drawings, orming a part is manufactured or afterward thediameter j hereof. of said ring being less than the flaring top Ourinvention'relates to certain new and 8, so that when said applied itcanuseful improvements in containers, and has not be removed fromthecontaine'r; in other for its special object means for 'iasteningwords, its removal is prevented by theflar= 15 the contamcr top or coverto the neck'of the ing top 8, which is oi'greater "diameter thancontainer so as to not interfere with the apthe ring 12. The is freetomove u plication of the cover to the container or its wardly anddownwardly and around e removal therefrom, and also to hold the screwthreaded neck 'l.-,-;'j 7 cover in an upright position to prevent the InFigs. 3 and fine-have illnetrated the 76 0 accumulation of dirt on thatportion of the" mean of connecting u coverwhich is seated in the cqnamfi neck, whi ne p f, 1 mm d fnrther to permit of the coverwhenre tb prv! e a ooth o nt 'ved from thecontainer-to be turned in .bore 13 inoneendpfthje an desired-position for cleaning purposes. the other-end ofthe M its vfurther object of our invention is to which is adapted to be;construct aoontnmefcov'er attachment for and by forming atransv what iscommercially known asr,m1k cans, thro he ring akth: oitherprovlded w1tha screw top more; a. 13. n t i d p one. Saidjattachmentfma be ap lied,the horea1B, 'the'enfl L -w.len the containers are manu acid .or orupsetfas atlo theflp J old'conta s the stud'm' to thedrawi'gs, 1 is anversebore 15. By; 151 elevation 0 what is known asascrew to smooth ointfor {connec the container having our invention' aplplie 1-1:? asprovided. H v m I a thereto, the screw top being shown In ted ,1 11 M} mthe fin-11g ,dOiof-g-the cap or lines removed and swinging, or sup orbedcover ass hole 17*andgnthishcle17 we 30-; from the neck of the containerwi that cure a 1m}: 1s. )t unt ae the ring n is a, portion of the topwhich enters the neck of imk 19, whichis t th -M113 the containerprojecting downwardly. by means of a p1 n12Q,- in 9.6 40 Fig. 2 is a topplan view. j 5 There L B-=8, swivlf nnect on eh; Fig. 8 is asectionalwiew of a rtion of 1nkB.- 1 8 and 19-to}perm it-re1at1vc,.movethe mug mounted on the container, mentsof one to the otheeandconsequently the-means we employ for connect ng the relative niovementsor fadynstments of the on s of the parts securedto said l s. 00 46 Fig.4 is a cross section taken on the line When our invent on-m in'use, 1twill he 4-4 ofFig. 8. a .rcad1l y obser ed that the cap or top oftheFig, 5 is a fragmental new of the swivel container may he read11y screwseated. r connection employed for securing the 'conrotated w thoutgndran of the ring 1%, tainer cover or topto the ring mounted on or theswivel co action etween said rin 50. the container, and andcap-ne1therdoes the ring or swiv Fig. 6 ii? a vertical section taken throughconnection mterfere in the least with the re- 7 the screwthreaded neckof the container moval of the cap. When thegcap has been and its cap.removed and swung down, as in dotted lines Referring to the drawings, 6"indicates 11 Fig. 1, it will be observed that that por- 56 the containerwhich ma of the ordinag tion of the cap which is seated in the neckconstruction, the same hung provided w' of the container is practicallyprotected, and

b means of the swivel connection between tli a ring and cap the positionof the cap when not in use may be reversed, and the cap may swing andlie practically up against the body of the container which minimizesspace, and its liability of becomin% broken loose.

y means of the loosely mounted rotating ring 12 and the flexible andswivel connection between it and the cap, it will be observed that thecap may be applied or removed easily without any hindrance by saidconnections; that the cap is always secured to the container when not inuse and the same may be swung into an p'osition. That is to say, the capwhen not in use may be swung into supposition and may be applied to thecontainer from any position, or removed.

Having thus .fully described our invention what we claim is:

In combination with a container provided with a screw threaded andflaring neck, a ring freely movable upwardly and downwardly and aroundsaid neck, but not removable therefrom, a link mounted on said ring, andfreely movable thereon, a screw threaded cover provided with a flange, alink secured to said cover, and a swivel connection between said links,where by the cover may be applied to and removed from the container fromany direction, and when removed and supported by said connections may beswung in any desired position.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS R. HALLEY. JAMES M. HALLEY.

Witnesses:

., R. G. ORWIG, M. E. Kmn.

